Regardless of the circuit issue, how many new pilots has this new procedure caught out? Coming back from the training area and then refused entry. This either turns into a crash course in what to do when asked to hold OCTA with other approaching aircraft...what do you do? Take a number? or worse..the pilot not knowing what to do, starts to panic about new found concern on fuel and bank balance levels leading to...well...panic! As well as the rest of the day's schedule for the aircraft.
granted a worse case scenario but would be totally unexpected for a training regime...this is NOT class C.
Hoping the CASA boffins are taking note....this has not been correctly thought through.(...
and I cannot blame Smith!
) OAR was supposed to smooth this stuff out but this is turning into a bigger stuff-up than Airspace2000...when are you guys going to step in and arrest your own stuff-up?